Tagged: lithuania

May 27, 2022 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

While some Fintechs have announced layoffs as the economy stumbles due to inflation and other concerns, Paystrax has just announced it will be doubling the size of its headcount in Lithuania. Paystrax is a payment processing solution that has offices in the UK, Iceland, and… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, which claims to be the “leader” in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced a partnership with FINCI, the Lithuanian online international money transfer provider, “to deliver instant and cost-effective retail remittances and business to business (B2B) payments via RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), which leverages… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

After a painful drop where Bitcoin crashed below $30K and many other cryptocurrencies chased it down, GlobalBlock (TSXV:BLOK) sees light at the end of the tunnel – at least for now. Marcus Sotiriou, Analyst for GlobalBlock, operating in the UK has distributed a comment on… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum reports that it is continuously monitoring the current situation with ChainFinance issued loans to the borrower in Ukraine. Recently, upon their request, Debitum have received “more detailed information about what is going on and what are the plans for the future regarding investments in… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 12:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – successfully “closed the residential building project ‘Talino’” in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The real estate loan of €1 million, plus an interest rate of €74,490 (total amount of EUR 1 074 490) was reportedly… Read More

May 9, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lithuania-headquartered remote ID verification and fraud prevention firm, iDenfy, teams up with Credex, the automated lending platform for point of sales financing. As noted in the update, iDenfy’s full-stack ID verification should enable a fast and secure lending experience for Credex’s clients. The COVID-19… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kevin., a Lithuania -headquartered account-to-account payments Fintech, has acquired $65 million via a Series A round that has been led by Accel. Eurazeo, OTB Ventures, Speedinvest, OpenOcean, Global Paytech Ventures, and a host of angels joined the company’s latest investment round, which has come only… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 3:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – successfully “closed the real estate project ‘Aurea Home’ in the center of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.” The real estate loan of EUR 1 million, “plus an interest rate of EUR 91 647 (total amount of… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 2:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the end of February, Debitum had introduced Asset-Backed Securities and by doing so, they reportedly became the first platform in all of Europe that has “managed to offer this kind of financial instrument to the retail market.” Therefore, the Debitum team will represent their… Read More

April 13, 2022 @ 7:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be Europe’s leading Open Banking platform, has announced it has launched its “closed-loop” payment product in Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Lithuania and the Netherlands. As noted in an update shared with CI, traditional payment methods “weren’t built to handle the speed… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Nikulipe, a payments Fintech that aims to make it easier for fast-growing firms to streamline international payments, has enlisted iDenfy, a fraud prevention and digital identity verification business to help with proof of person, AML, and KYC.  iDenfy’s document verification service will support Nikulipe mission… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Lithuania’s Debitum, a borderless financing platform, has shared omportant news about “war-affected assets” in Ukraine On March 30, 2022, Debitum had received “an official response letter and data from the borrower in Ukraine.” This data consists of the company’s “update on its… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zimpler, a Swedish Fintech within the payments space, has secured new equity funding from Nordstjernan Growth, an arm of an established Swedish investment house “focused on long-term quality growth.” FT Partners advises leading Swedish account-to-account payment provider Zimpler (@zimplers) on its new equity funding round… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Surfshark, a VPN firm based in Lithuania, has reported “a 3500% surge in Russia sales since February 24 – the day Russia invaded Ukraine.” According to cybersecurity firm Surfshark’s analysis, the Russian telecoms regulator (Roskomnadzor) has forced Google to “delist more than 36,000 URLs that… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania’s borderless financing platform Debitum confirms that the ongoing war in Ukraine is affecting everyone. Debitum is “strongly against” the Russian aggression and they are supporting their partners and their employees based in Ukraine. For investors, “who purchased claim rights related to borrowers from Ukraine,… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania’s borderless financing platform, Debitum, has shared its financial report for Q4 2021. As mentioned in a blog post, the document “represents the financial and business performance of the SIA DN Operator – the platform owner.” Debitum has noted the following highlights for Q4: Q4… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – has “successfully closed the real estate project “Bukčiai” in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.” The real estate loan of €2 million plus interest rate €199,746 (total amount €2,199,746) was “repaid to PeerBerry investors on March… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 10:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Invest Lithuania, the country’s Investment Promotion Agency supporting firms interested in tapping into the European market, has created a section of their website providing information for Ukrainians that are fleeing the war with Russia. Invest Lithuania states: “We would like to assure you that Lithuania… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 12:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum is pleased to confirm that their clients, as of now, will be investing in financial instruments – Asset-Backed Securities (ABS). According to Debitum, this is one of the final steps after acquiring a license for the Debitum investment platform from the Financial and Capital… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordstreet, a firm focused on democratizing the business loan financing “one successful project at a time,” has raised 103% (€309,926) of its €300,001 fundraising target via Seedrs from 119 investors with 27 days left in the company’s crowdfunding campaign. Here are the business overview/highlights shared… Read More